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What are the steps for moving a zookeeper server?

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Super Collaborator

Many nodes and updates ago, when we first got started with Hadoop, we assigned one of our data nodes as a zookeeper server.

I would like to move that to an edge node.

Is there a document that outlines that steps to accomplish this? I'm on 2.2.8

Similarly, we need to move our ambari metrics server.

Thanks!

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Master Mentor
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Guru

@Zack Riesland: I feel there is not a stright forward way to move zookeeper through ambari like any other service. But below link may help you to do it manually. I have not tested it but it may help you.

https://community.hortonworks.com/questions/4272/process-for-moving-hdp-services-manually.html

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Master Mentor

For zookeeper go to the individual host page, in host actions select move zk

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Super Collaborator

Thanks, @Artem Ervits.

Do we need to stop any services, etc?

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Master Mentor

honestly I don't remember but I have done it before. It should walk you through the steps as you click on the menu options. I believe it will stop but obviously try it out in dev cluster. It may take some services down itself. @Zack Riesland

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Super Collaborator

Actually, that isn't an option.

Under "Host Actions", my options are:

start all components

stop all components

restart all components

turn on main. mode

delete host

set rack

download client configs

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Master Mentor

@Zack Riesland is there a drop down next to the zookeeper service? If it isn't there, it must've been removed. I'll check on a cluster and report back in a bit.

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Super Collaborator

I figured it out. Had to go to services->zookeeper and follow the menus.

Any idea how to move the ambari metrics collector? I don't see any similar options.

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Master Mentor

I shared the link above on moving metrics service